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between February and September of 2020, at the county level. This is then used to estimate the effect of weather and mobility … on the spread of the pandemic. We find a strong and significant effect of the weather: lower temperatures are associated … associated with a higher Rt. We also find that mobility reductions related to certain types of locations (retail and recreation …
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, approximately 500,000 individuals. It checks that the key results are not due to cohort effects. Nor do we rely on simple life-satisfaction …
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We investigate the impact of short-term weather and long-term climate on self-reported life satisfaction using panel … data. We find robust evidence that day-to-day weather variation impacts life satisfaction by a similar magnitude to … present evidence that weather bias arises because of the cognitive challenge of reporting life satisfaction. Consistent with …
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University students have been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We present results from the first wave of the Global COVID-19 Student Survey, which was administered at 28 universities in the United States, Spain, Australia, Sweden, Austria, Italy, and Mexico between April and...
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Many papers have been written about people's loss of life satisfaction during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic …, at least in part, to their original level of life satisfaction? This amounts to the question to which degree people had … satisfaction during the first three months after the outbreak of the pandemic in Germany many people's life satisfaction increased …
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Past research has provided evidence of the role of some personal characteristics as risk factors for depression. However, few studies have examined jointly their specific impact and whether country characteristics change the probability of being depressed. In general, this is due to the use of...
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World life expectancy has risen by around 20 years in the last 50 years. This period has also witnessed rising happiness levels around the world suggesting that happiness might be one of the causes behind the decline in mortality. We investigate the relationship between happiness and mortality...
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In this paper, we examine the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on individual aging and longevity with special focus on socioeconomic disparities in health outcomes. We also explore the individual-specific effects of Long Covid. We develop and calibrate a health economic model based on principles...
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